At Home in Atlantis

吴敏霞 (Wú Mǐnxiá)’s family has finally been declared a “Five-good Civilized Household” (“五好文明家庭”) and it is on the list of model families admitted to the social program carried out by the 上海 (Shànghǎi) Women’s Federation and the 上海 (Shànghǎi) Municipal Spiritual Civilization Office.

吴敏霞 (Wú Mǐnxiá) with her parents
Photo: sinoca.com

Since the 1950s, women’s federations across China have been conducting the competition known as “Five-good Families”. In 1996, the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF), with the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and 18 other ministries and committees launched the “Five-good Civilized Families” program. Some of the objectives for the program include improving the qualities of family members, raising their living standards and promoting the civilization of urban and rural areas. It also actively advocates respect for the elderly and care for the young, equality between men and women, industrious and thrifty management and harmonious family life and neighborly unity. The program has played a positive role in promoting economic development and safeguarding social stability. The main contents include enlivening domestic cultural life, popularizing legal knowledge, eliminating feudal superstitions and backward customs, and promoting harmonious relationships among neighbors. (Source: acwf.people.com.cn/Translated by womenofchina.cn).